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Selections for Dundalk – Mar. 6th 2026
4.37: APIARY (JULIAN PIETROPAOLO (7)/KEVIN COLEMAN) 5.12: NIKKI SWANGO (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.45: REPOSADO – EW – (ROWAN SCOTT/ROBSON AGUIAR) 6.15: MINELLA MATE (TOM FEENEY (7)/JOHN NALLEN) 6.45: SYOSSET – EW – (ALEX GRANT (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 7.15: SON OF BEAUTY (JACK KEARNEY (3)/STEPHEN THORNE) 7.45: DESERT OF THE SEA – EW – (WESLEY JOYCE (3)/TOM…
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Hanging the hat on hope once again
Peter Quinn was the first GAA President of whom there is proper recollection in this seat. Perhaps obviously, because he was the first holder of the office I met. Since then, Jack Boothman, Joe McDonagh, Sean McCague (God rest all three of them), Nicky Brennan, Sean Kelly and Liam O’Neill have all been encountered along…
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Selections for Thurles – Mar. 5th 2026
1.58: FANCY GIRL (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.28: FLEUR IN THE PARK (CIAN QUIRKE/ANDY SLATTERY) 2.58: DRIVEONWILL – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 3.30: WE BE GRAND – EW – (CAL HOGAN (2*) /ERIC MCNAMARA) 4.05: WESTERN WALK (JACK KENNEDY/JONATHAN SWEENEY) 4.38: OAKS SOLDIER – EW – (CARL MILLAR (5)/EAMON COURTNEY) 5.13: LOOKING FOR EIGHT (PADDY…
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Selections for Naas – Mar. 4th 2026
2.20: JERRY FROM KERRY – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 2.50: STRAIGHT JOHN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: CRY BEFORE DAWN – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PAT FOLEY) 3.52: ROCKY’S HOWYA (KEVIN HEALY (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 4.22: MILLIE B – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/LIZ LALOR) 4.52: CATHRYN’S RUBY – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAT FOLEY) 5.22: BROWN BOOTS…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Mar. 3rd 2026
1.55: HI HO IDAHO – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/CIAN COLLINS) 2.25: TORPILLE DRAGOSTIS (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.55: ONEFORTHEDITCH – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/EAMONN GALLAGHER) 3.25: PEBBLE BLEU – EW – (CAL HOGAN (5)/COLIN MOTHERWAY) 3.55: KAROLINA BANBOU (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.25: JOYAU DE THAIX – EW – (EOIN STAPLES (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 4.55: HARBOUR HIGHWAY…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Mar. 2nd 2026
2.25: GREY JUDE (DAN KING/CONNOR KING) 2.55: PETIT SECRET (SEAN CLEARY-FARRELL (4*) /WILLIE MULLINS) 3.25: EL FABIOLO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.55: BETTER TIMES – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/SONNY CAREY) 4.25: MONBEG PARK – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/JACK FOLEY) 4.55: ONETHREEFIVENOTOUT – EW – (JAMES SMITH (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.30: MENTO (PADDY MULLINS/TOM COOPER)
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Mixed bag for the ladies
Any sportsperson, in an individual pursuit or a team based one, can only work with the hand of circumstances they are dealt. So yes, the Meath Ladies have had to adjust to life without Vikki Wall, Katie Newe, Orlagh Lally, Aoibhin Cleary, Monica McGuirk, Emma Troy, Aoibheann Leahy, Stacey Grimes,Kerrie Cole, Shauna Ennis and Maire…
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Meath repel Mayo spirit to maintain promotion hopes
MEATH… 0-20 MAYO… 1-12 With those considered to be the strongest teams in the division, Laois and Kerry still on their ‘to do’ list, Meath certainly won’t be getting ahead of themselves. At the same time, though, they can only deal with what’s in front of them on a given day. To that end, most…
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Another task ticked off the list but nothing on the shelf yet
MEATH…1-21 KILDARE…0-10 Balancing gut feeling with reality can be a very tricky task indeed. Six days ago, from a certain angle, Meath were somewhat unlucky to come away from Pairc Ui Rinn empty handed, yet an objective analysis would also conclude that they left enough waste behind them to have had the game won. Tonight…
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Chips off old blocks out to lay their own foundations (updated 2.21pm, 28/2)
If, like me, you are the least bit nostalgic or superstitious, it’s hard to which element is most exciting. The fact that Eamonn Murray is back looking after a Meath Ladies team again. Or to look at the pedigree of some of those with whom he is working. To see a McKeigue from Navan O’Mahonys…
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